Four times a year, the Anglican calendar sets aside three days for fasting, prayer, and intercession for the Church's ministry. Most Anglicans have never heard of them. Here's what Ember Days are, when they fall, and how to observe them well. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #EmberDays

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Ember Days: An Anglican Perspective

Four times a year, the Anglican calendar sets aside three days for fasting, prayer, and intercession for the Church's ministry. Most Anglicans have...

Gertie’s first day at the beach, 7 months old. Handled it like a pro. #dogstr #grownostr

Jesus doesn't pray for his people to escape the world. He prays to keep them in his name and send them into it. The new creation is underway and we are its agents — kept in his name, doing kingdom work while we wait. He is still praying for us. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #Eastertide

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Kept in Your Name (John 17:1-11)

Jesus doesn't pray for his people to escape the world. He prays to keep them in his name and send them into it. The new creation is underway and we...

Why do you stand looking into heaven? The angels’ question to the disciples is Ascension Day’s question to the Church. He is coming back — but between now and then there is a city to return to, a commission to live out, and a blessing still in progress over us. #ChristIsKing #AscensionDay #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/he-ascended-into-heaven-luke-ch-24-vv-44-to-53/

The Feast of the Ascension celebrates not the disappearance of Jesus, but his exaltation — and not his distance from us, but the new and greater intimacy of his priestly presence before the Father on our behalf. The Feast Day still presses its claims on us today. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #AscensionDay https://www.mountainvicar.com/ascension-day-an-anglican-perspective/

Now that spring is here, the view out of my home office just keeps getting better. #GrowNostr

Alleluia! He is risen! #ChristIsKing #EasterSunday #Biblestr

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Good Friday stops everything. No flowers, no music, just a bare altar and silence. In this countercultural observance, the worst day in history is called “good”—the day divine love triumphed on the cross. #ChristIsKing #GoodFriday #Biblestr

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Good Friday: An Anglican Perspective

Good Friday pauses the noise: bare altar, deep silence, and the cross. Why name the darkest day “good”? An Anglican look at its powerful meanin...

Maundy Thursday blends celebration and sorrow, drawing the faithful into the Upper Room where Jesus shared his Last Supper with his disciples and gave them a new commandment, to love as he loves. #ChristIsKing #MaundyThursday #Biblestr

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Maundy Thursday: An Anglican Perspective

Maundy Thursday blends celebration and sorrow, drawing the faithful into the Upper Room where Jesus shared his Last Supper with his disciples. #Chr...

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“Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.” #PalmSunday #ChristIsKing #GrowNostr

Most churches are bursting at the seams on Christmas and Easter. Filled with people we haven’t seen 4-8 months, many we’ve never seen before and won’t see again. Something about these two Holy Days that draws a crowd. We’ve come to affectionately call such people the “Chreasters”. I encourage you not to be a “Chreaster”. Today is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, followed by Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, The Great Vigil, and Easter Sunday. Try attending all services this week and be drawn into the weight of your sin and the utter relief of grace on Easter Sunday. #Biblestr #ChristIsKing #GrowNostr

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